An air conditioner is available as an optional extra.
Source: tatoeba (326878)
Optional
//ˈɒp.ʃə.nəl//
Synonyms for "optional" (58 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (17)
Related words (29)
Adjective(4 words)
Related word relations
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Antonyms
4 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
1 entriesdistinct from
5 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
14 entriessimilar
8 entriesTranslations
85 translations across 33 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- opsioneel adj (not compulsory)
Arabic
1 entries- اِخْتِيَارِيّ adj (not compulsory)
Armenian
2 entries- կամընտիր adj (not compulsory)
- ոչ պարտադիր adj (not compulsory)
Belarusian
3 entries- апцыяна́льны adj (not compulsory)
- неабавязко́вы adj (not compulsory)
- факультаты́ўны adj (not compulsory)
Bengali
2 entries- ঐচ্ছিক adj (not compulsory)
- নফল adj (not compulsory)
Bulgarian
2 entries- незадължителен adj (not compulsory)
- по избор adj (not compulsory)
Catalan
1 entries- opcional adj (not compulsory)
Czech
1 entries- volitelný adj (not compulsory)
Danish
2 entries- frivillig adj (not compulsory)
- valgfri adj (not compulsory)
Dutch
1 entries- optioneel adj (not compulsory)
Finnish
1 entries- valinnainen adj (not compulsory)
French
2 entries- facultatif adj (not compulsory)
- optionnel adj (not compulsory)
Georgian
4 entries- არასავალდებულო adj (not compulsory)
- დისკრეციული adj (not compulsory)
- დისპოზიტიური adj (not compulsory)
- ნებაყოფლობითი adj (not compulsory)
German
4 entries- fakultativ adj (not compulsory)
- freigestellt adj (not compulsory)
- freiwillig adj (not compulsory)
- nicht zwingend erforderlich adj (not compulsory)
Greek
2 entries- κατ’ εκλογήν adj (not compulsory)
- προαιρετικός adj (not compulsory)
Hindi
1 entries- वैकल्पिक adj (not compulsory)
Hungarian
4 entries- elhagyható adj (not compulsory)
- fakultatív adj (not compulsory)
- opcionális adj (not compulsory)
- tetszőleges adj (not compulsory)
Icelandic
1 entries- valfrjáls adj (not compulsory)
Italian
3 entries- facoltativo adj (not compulsory)
- opzionale adj (not compulsory)
- volontario adj (not compulsory)
Latin
1 entries- facultativus adj (not compulsory)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- fakultativ adj (not compulsory)
- frivillig adj (not compulsory)
- valgfri adj (not compulsory)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- fakultativ adj (not compulsory)
- friviljug adj (not compulsory)
- frivillig adj (not compulsory)
- valfri adj (not compulsory)
Persian
1 entries- اختیاری adj (not compulsory)
Polish
2 entries- fakultatywny adj (not compulsory)
- opcjonalny adj (not compulsory)
Portuguese
2 entries- facultativo adj (not compulsory)
- opcional adj (not compulsory)
Russian
3 entries- необяза́тельный adj (not compulsory)
- опциона́льный adj (not compulsory)
- факультати́вный adj (not compulsory)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- izboran adj (not compulsory)
- izborna adj (not compulsory)
- izborno adj (not compulsory)
- изборан adj (not compulsory)
Spanish
1 entries- opcional adj (not compulsory)
Swedish
4 entries- fakultativ adj (not compulsory)
- fakultativt adj (not compulsory)
- frivillig adj (not compulsory)
- frivilligt adj (not compulsory)
Tigrinya
1 entries- ኣማራጽያዊ adj (not compulsory)
Turkish
4 entries- ihtiyari adj (not compulsory)
- istemli adj (not compulsory)
- isteğe bağlı adj (not compulsory)
- opsiyonel adj (not compulsory)
Ukrainian
3 entries- необов'язко́вий adj (not compulsory)
- опціона́льний adj (not compulsory)
- факультати́вний adj (not compulsory)
Yiddish
1 entries- ברירהדיק adj (not compulsory)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
The word "the" is optional in this sentence.
Source: tatoeba (792608)
It isn't optional.
Source: tatoeba (2248744)
Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.
Source: tatoeba (2394406)
Showing 4 of 13 available sentences.
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